The Shallow Lake/Owen Sound Minor Selects under-14 club went undefeated to the finals in the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Provincial A tournament held in Simcoe. They played Innerkip winning 3-0 before the boys battled against Napanee for a win 9-8, and then in beat Springbrook 15-0 via the mercy rule after just three innings. Finally the Selects played back-to-back against Simcoe losing 8-2 and 9-5 giving Shallow Lake/Owen Sound the title of U14 OASA Provincial “A” Finalists. The team’s next tournament will be at the U14 Canadians in Stouffville Aug. 8-12. They qualified for the Canadian national tournament in the elimination tournament held in Oshawa where they placed third out of 20 teams from Ontario.

N’Stars dominate Zone 8

After the midget NorthStars brought home a Zone 8 Lacrosse championship banner the Novice and Tyke clubs wouldn’t be outdone. The N’Stars novice II team finished their regular season and playoffs undefeated en route to the Zone 8 title on Thursday at the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre. The N’Stars defeated Milton 5-3. Ronan Beyer opened up with the team’s first goal early in the second period before goals would stack up with two more from David Rouse and lone markers added by Jaxon Bisson and Ty Morrison. The Owen Sound NorthStars tykes also won the Zone 8 Championship bringing Owen Sound Minor Lacrosse’s total Zone 8 title haul to three.

United on a roll

Owen Sound Grey Motors United earned their second win in a row by defeating Kitchener Serbia 5-4 in Kitchener and District Soccer League action Friday night at the Kiwanis Soccer Complex. Ian Campbell scored twice for Grey Motors, while Colton Pereira, Oswald Buhendwa and Jason Simons also scored. The win improves United’s record at home to four wins and two losses, while their overall record improves to 4 wins and 6 losses on the season, good for 5th place in the league standings.

Gators snap Royals

The Allenford Gators defeated the Desboro Royals 5-2 in Allenford Thursday night. Maddy Moore pitched for the Royals with five strike outs. Patti Scarrow hit a homer over the centre field fence followed by Jess McGregor’s double. Gators Pitcher Kerry Emke had seven Ks and a double, Rhonda Boulton also had a double for the Gators. Grey Bruce Ladies Fastball League playoffs continue on Tuesday night in Desboro with the Keady Snatchers versus the Bad News Bears and Tara versus the Royals.